• Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jul 2012

    Meta Analysis

    Dose-ranging effects of intrathecal epinephrine on anesthesia/analgesia: a meta-analysis and metaregression of randomized controlled trials.

    • Gildasio S de Oliveira, Blerina Balliu, Antoun Nader, and Robert J McCarthy.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. G-jr@northwestern.edu
    • Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2012 Jul 1;37(4):423-32.

    Background And ObjectivesIntrathecal epinephrine has been examined by clinical studies, but its effects on analgesia/anesthesia outcomes as well as on undesirable adverse effects is not clearly defined. The objective of this study was to examine the effects of intrathecal epinephrine on intrathecal anesthesia/analgesia.MethodsWe performed a meta-analysis, using a random-effects model. Effects of intrathecal epinephrine dose were evaluated by pooling studies into 3 dosage groups: low (1-100 µg), intermediate (101-200 µg), and high (≥200 µg). Metaregression analyses were also performed to examine the presence of a linear association between intrathecal epinephrine dose and effect size on evaluated outcomes.ResultsTwenty-four randomized clinical trials with 1,271 subjects were included. The mean (95% confidence interval [CI]) combined effects favored intrathecal epinephrine over placebo for duration of analgesia, 27.0 mins (20.8-33.3 mins); sensory, 35.0 mins (22.8-47.3 mins); and motor block, 32.2 mins (26.2-38.2 mins). The incidence of hypotension and postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) was greater for the low dose (1-100 µg) intrathecal epinephrine group compared with placebo (odds ratios [95% CI], 3.0 [1.5-5.9] and 2.7 [1.5-4.8], respectively). A greater incidence of hypotension and PONV was not detected for the intermediate-dose group (101-200 µg): odds ratios (95% CI) of 0.9 (0.5-1.7) and 1.6 (0.6-4.6), respectively.ConclusionsIntrathecal epinephrine has dose-dependent clinical and adverse effects. Doses of 100 µg or less prolonged sensory and motor block duration but were associated with greater incidence of hypotension or PONV. Intrathecal epinephrine doses greater than 100 µg prolonged sensory and motor block and were not associated with greater incidence of hypotension and PONV.

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